Where does “verdós” come from?

verdós (Catalan) comes from Catalan verd, from Old Occitan vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

verdós (Catalan): greenish

Definitions

  1. greenish

Ancestry of “verdós”, step by step

verdós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan verd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanverdgreen
2Old Occitanvert—
3Vulgar Latinvirdis—
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
6Latin-idae—

via Catalan ós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanósbear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—
Every word from Latin -idae →Every word from Latin vireō →Every word from Latin viridis →